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With all the changes and announcements in 2018, our Eurozone Hub has collated the following supervisory outlook for 2019 as a non-exhaustive “Playbook” for Banking Union Supervised Institutions and other regulated market participants already based in or otherwise relocating to the EU and/or the Eurozone.

In the wake of the release of the much-anticipated 2019 Federal Budget, members of Dentons’ Tax group, together with a team at Wolters Kluwer, have prepared a Special Report which provides a detailed analysis and concise summary of the changes featured in the Budget.

In Policy Scan 2019, Dentons' US Public Policy team's annual analysis of the legislative and political landscape, we take a close look at the issues, questions and conflicts that will dominate the dialogue on Capitol Hill and in the White House over the coming year.

With 175 locations in 78 countries, Dentons is home to top-tier talent that is found at the intersection of geography, industry knowledge and substantive legal experience. Working with Dentons, you will have the opportunity to learn from the best lawyers in the industry at the largest law firm in the world.

The 2019 edition of The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa has recognized 133 Dentons lawyers, of which 89 have been included in the elite “Leading Lawyers” list, while 44 are listed as “Next Generation Lawyers”.

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, has launched a new Market Insights publication entitled “Digital Transformation and the Digital Consumer”, which examines the legal implications of the online economy.

Banking and Finance

Banking and finance is at the heart of every economy, providing the means to help businesses expand and investors grow. Dentons’ Banking and Finance team operates at the industry’s forefront, working with innovative finance products across the world.

Our integrated global team of Banking and Finance lawyers and professionals offers an expansive breadth of insight, helping our clients to structure and document transactions that help to provide financing to virtually every industry. Since Dentons represents both finance providers and users, you benefit from counsel that understands the needs and wants of each party. Whether yours is a domestic bank in Hong Kong, a government development bank in Moscow, or banks in several other locations, our team understands you.

Dentons’ extensive, deep sector-specific experience also ensures you’re working with a team that’s fluent in your language and understands the local market. In fact, emerging jurisdictions often engage Dentons to assist in the development of banking and finance legislative frameworks. The following represents just a small part of our focus:

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Multinational financial institution: Dentons and Nextlaw In-House Solutions, including a team of former GCs, supported the board and audit committee in their oversight of regulatory compliance programs to fulfill prudential regulator expectations. The client’s audit committee praised our team for the novelty and substantive value of our methodology and findings, which surpassed the capabilities of traditional strategic consultancies while also offering the protection of attorney-client privilege. Our report was provided to and comprehensively reviewed by the regulator. www.nextlawinhouse.com

AirAsia Berhad: Advising the airline on the ECA supported financing of up to 18 Airbus A320 aircraft. The transaction has involved leasing aircraft into Malaysia, as well as Japan, Indonesia and Thailand, where other operators in the AirAsia family are based. The transaction will also involve leasing aircraft into the Philippines during the course of 2013.

Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France: Representing Société Générale, BBVA, SMBC, HSBC France, BTMU, BayernLB and Nord/LB as lenders to a consortium composed of Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France, EXPRIMM, DIF and Uberior Infrastructure in connection with the €600 million public-private partnership financing of the construction and maintenance of the future Paris Courthouse.

China Development Bank: Advising on a CA$352 million secured credit facility to Canadian Royalties Inc., a subsidiary of Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co. Bank.

Club of lenders: Advising a club of lenders in relation to an up to $250 million syndicated borrowing base facility to a large international trading company to finance storage and distribution of petroleum products in Latin America. The firm has been frequently advising on various borrowing base financings to commodity traders as this form of financing has been gaining popularity in the past few years.

Continental AG: Representing on senior secured notes issuance by a US subsidiary having an aggregate value of US$950 million in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Spain.

Eurohypo AG: Representing two syndicates of international banks, led by Eurohypo AG as the Facility Agent, in the extension of over €700 million to a major Polish developer-investor for the financing of a portfolio of 28 shopping centres located throughout Poland.

JPMorgan Chase: Advising as administrative agent on a CA$800 million five-year revolving credit facility for Lionsgate Entertainment Corporation. This is one of the largest revolving credit facilities raised by an entertainment company in more than a decade. The new facility replaces Lionsgate's previous CA$340 million revolving credit facility.

Keybank: Advising on a $60 million Build America Bond transaction for the Navajo Nation, the first large scale loan to be governed solely by tribal law and tribal courts. This transaction was awarded the "Deal of the Year" award in 2011 by the Native American Finance Officers Association.

LKQ Corporation: Acting as Canadian counsel on the amendment the senior secured credit facility that increased the aggregate amount available to US$1.8 billion as well as its US$600 million bond issuance. LKQ Corporation is a leading provider of alternate vehicle collision replacement products and recycled transmissions and remanufactured engines with operations in the US, the UK, the Benelux, France, Canada, Mexico and Central America. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association acted as Administrative Agent for the credit facility, which is structured as a US$1.35 billion revolving loan and US$450 million term loan availability. Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Securities, RBS, and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities acted as joint book-running managers and the co-managers of the public debt (bond) offering of US$600 million aggregate principal amount of 4.75% senior notes, due in 2023.

Mashreqbank leading a syndicate of local banks: Acting on a $1.5 billion facilities agreement (including a parallel bridge facility) to support the construction of the midfield terminal of Abu Dhabi International Airport. The facilities agreement was documented with a conventional and Shariah compliant Islamic tranche.

Mercuria Energy Group, Ltd.: Advising one of the largest integrated energy and commodity trading companies in the world on its US$1.35 billion syndicated credit facility, a portion of which was used in connection with the acquisition of JPMorgan’s global physical commodities trading business.

National Bank of Canada: Advising the lender in connection with a CA$77 million project financing of BluEarth Renewables Inc.’s 15 megawatt Culliton Creek Hydro Project, a run of river hydro plant located near Squamish, BC.

Bank of Montreal: Counsel to the administrative agent to a lending syndicate in the completion of a multi-jurisdictional US$150 million senior secured facility used by Optimal Payments Plc to finance the acquisition of all of the partnership interests of California-based payment processing entity TK Global Partners LP (doing business as 'Meritus Payment Solutions') as well as the assets of Global Merchant Advisors, Inc., a California-based online payments company. Optimal Payments is a global provider of online and mobile payment processing services in over 200 countries and territories with over 100 types of payment and multi-currency options.

Qatar International Islamic Bank: Acting in connection with its successful debut US$700 million sukuk issue. The transaction represents QIIB's first international debt capital markets issuance. We successfully applied our debt capital market and Islamic finance expertise, as well as our specific local knowledge to help QIIB as a first-time issuer, which has strengthened QIIB's prominence throughout the Middle East region and beyond. This significant deal demonstrates our capability to work effectively across various offices in our network.

Shaw Communications Inc.: Advising this leading Canadian telecommunications provider on a US$480 million cross-border credit facility comprised of a US$395 million term loan and US$85 million revolving credit facility for ViaWest, Inc., Shaw's wholly-owned US provider of colocation, cloud, and managed services in North America. This was a multi-stage refinancing funded entirely by US lenders.

Standard Chartered Bank : Representing in $221 million and €392.5 million dual currency syndicated term loan facility to Denizbank.

Recognition

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announced today that lawyers Shannon Baxter and Shelby Sklar were selected to participate in programs organized by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). The LCLD, through its Fellows and Pathfinder Programs, teaches career development, leadership and relationship building skills that prepare lawyers from diverse backgrounds and levels of professional experience for leadership positions, to foster diversity and inclusion within the legal industry.

Insights

Dentons’ Baku office has recently published the thirteenth edition of its doing business guide, “Succeeding in Azerbaijan,” which represents the collective knowledge and experience of our Firm’s years of advising clients in Azerbaijan.

On 13 April 2019, the new amendments to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Rehabilitation and Bankruptcy" dated 7 March 2014 No. 176-V (the "Bankruptcy Law") came into force. The changes are aimed at strengthening the position of secured creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.

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Dentons has advised the managers on the issuance of Majid Al Futtaim's US$600 million 4.638% Green Trust Certificates due 2029 completed on 14 May 2019. This is the first green sukuk issuance by Majid Al Futtaim which intends to use the proceeds to back environmentally-friendly projects in areas such as renewable energy and sustainable water management. It is also the first corporate green sukuk issuance in the Middle East, and only the second green debt capital markets issuance in the region following the issuance by First Abu Dhabi Bank in 2017.

Global law firm Dentons has advised EP Infrastructure (“EPIF”) on the issuance of its inaugural German law governed €182.5 million Schuldschein loan. This was one of the largest Schuldschein transactions placed by a CEE borrower in the past year.

Dentons Banking and Finance team in Warsaw advised the lenders (Bank Pekao S.A., BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A. and Banco de Sabadell S.A.) on the revolving credit facilities in the aggregate amount of PLN 500 million granted to CIECH S.A. (the leading Polish chemical company) and guaranteed by its five subsidiaries.

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